Pernilla

Pernilla (1033-) was the Queen of Axum from 1066 with King Dawit II of Axum.

Biography
Pernilla was born in 1033 to the Ethiopian Jewish House of Sparrhult, and she was a courtier of Axum. In 1066 she married King Dawit II of Axum, although she was only a courtier. Their marriage was paid for by Dawit himself, hoping to regain prestige lost by his marriage to Pernilla. In 1069 she gave birth to Falashina Gideon, her first daughter.